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issues the house doesn't always like the senate making tax decisions or though this isn't raising taxes it's just in forcing taxes but what you will see is you'll see the e.p.a. advocacy will fall away and this is a very good chance it's going to pass in the senate so just to clarify this right now nationwide if you buy something on the internet and you don't pay sales taxes not collected by the seller you have a legal obligation to write a letter to your state at the end of the year or as a buyer and say i bought thirteen dollars eighty two cents of aggregate worth of stuff or this is how much tax i own or here's my in check and nobody does that and so the states that receive the money in billions of dollars is lost and what this bill would do is it would say as with the retail stores the sellers have to collect the money even though it's the buyer who owes the money the sellers have to collect the money and you're saying amazon and e bay are going to be doing this with the paper catalog you would with this law you would have a forty page ad on with every miss a pallet in state tax tac
issues the house doesn't always like the senate making tax decisions or though this isn't raising taxes it's just in forcing taxes but what you will see is you'll see the e.p.a. advocacy will fall away and this is a very good chance it's going to pass in the senate so just to clarify this right now nationwide if you buy something on the internet and you don't pay sales taxes not collected by the seller you have a legal obligation to write a letter to your state at the end of the year or as a...
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issues the house doesn't always like the senate making tax decisions or though this isn't raising taxes it's just in forcing taxes but what you will see is you'll see the e.p.a. advocacy will fall away and this is a very good chance it's going to pass in the senate so just to clarify this right now nationwide if you buy something on the internet and you don't pay sales taxes not collected by the seller you have a legal obligation to write a letter to your state at the end of the year or as a buyer and say i bought thirteen dollars eighty two cents an aggregate worth of stuff or this is how much tax i own or here's my in check and nobody does that and so the states that receive the money in billions of dollars is lost and what this bill would do is it would say as with the retail stores the sellers have to collect the money even though it's the buyer who owes the money the sellers have to collect the money and you're saying amazon and e bay are going to be doing this with the paper catalog you would with this law you would have a forty page ad on with every miss a pallet in state tax tac
issues the house doesn't always like the senate making tax decisions or though this isn't raising taxes it's just in forcing taxes but what you will see is you'll see the e.p.a. advocacy will fall away and this is a very good chance it's going to pass in the senate so just to clarify this right now nationwide if you buy something on the internet and you don't pay sales taxes not collected by the seller you have a legal obligation to write a letter to your state at the end of the year or as a...
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all that tax-free internet shop could go be coming to an end. billions of extra dollars coming out of our pockets and going into state coffers. how are that i go go to do that? that's next. ♪ [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to meeting patient needs... ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from finding the best way... ♪ to finding the best catch... ♪ wireless is limitless. peoi go to angie's listt for to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact that i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. join today and find out why over 1 million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >> shepard: a fox weather alert. the last thing folks in the midwest need is more rain but it's on the way. on the
all that tax-free internet shop could go be coming to an end. billions of extra dollars coming out of our pockets and going into state coffers. how are that i go go to do that? that's next. ♪ [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to meeting patient needs... ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from finding the best way... ♪ to finding the best catch... ♪ wireless is limitless. peoi go to angie's listt for to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and...
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the proposed tax would demand that online retailers tax you. california is among states that already have similar laws and the bill is being backed by the national retail federation. they say it would make the playing field even between brick and mortar stores and their online competition. >>> sharing passwords is oh, too common when it comes to a free ride for pay per view providers like hbo and netflix but should you be worried? kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts reports. >> reporter: steven miller wants hbo. >> i'll a big bill maher fan. >> reporter: he just doesn't want everything that comes with it. >> ive to pea for tomorrow cast and dish and pay for basic promises which contain so many things i don't want to watch it's he ridiculous. so he uses hbo go. with a borrowed password. >> someone was kind enough to loan me their password and id. >> in fact government wanted to be aggressive, they could fairly easily tomorrow up with a felony charge. >> charges ranging from computer fraud to unauthorized access depending on the terms of se
the proposed tax would demand that online retailers tax you. california is among states that already have similar laws and the bill is being backed by the national retail federation. they say it would make the playing field even between brick and mortar stores and their online competition. >>> sharing passwords is oh, too common when it comes to a free ride for pay per view providers like hbo and netflix but should you be worried? kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts reports....
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hisó[ proposal eliminate the state sales tax for anyone buying hybrid or electric vehicle. 3000 dollar savings of a green energy car. gas leap powered vehicle generate 40 percent of the state air pollution. >> great story. 13-year-old girl from fremont got an opportunity to share some of her scientific knowledge with the president today. jessica was among 30 students from across the nation who attended the third white house science fair. met the president. got firsthand look at invention that won the stem competition. that's the nation top science technology engineering and math competition. >> want you to know that you have got a whole country behind you as you pursue your dreams. and your success is going to be our success as well. >> all right? >> way to go. >>reporter: young jessica awarded for her project thaebingt uses led lights to help strengthen tired eye muscle and improve peripheral vision. how impressive is tha that. >> well, then, this. 2 high school students in nova scotia asked canadian astronaut what it would be like to dip a wash cloth into water and then squeeze it. s
hisó[ proposal eliminate the state sales tax for anyone buying hybrid or electric vehicle. 3000 dollar savings of a green energy car. gas leap powered vehicle generate 40 percent of the state air pollution. >> great story. 13-year-old girl from fremont got an opportunity to share some of her scientific knowledge with the president today. jessica was among 30 students from across the nation who attended the third white house science fair. met the president. got firsthand look at...
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there's some sources that are urban leashed and don't generate tax precedes. and there's a cost of providing city services in that budget. and we try and track that over time. there's a general prim the harbors shouldn't subsidize or excuse me. the general fund shouldn't subsidize those services. the improvements to piers and seismic upgrades there in the capital fund also like along with historic properties listed on the national register. so as we are thinking about forming districts along the port property and the first proposed districts will likely be considered in 2014 so we're a ways away from requesting the styrofoam a districts. there would be a policy framework everybody sort of accepted there would be community oversight but those structures don't exist so we're going to propose local districts to answer those issues. there are some just a few minutes properties where it might making make sense to include those ports particularly pier 70 but there's guidelines. we're suggesting that it's a policy decision for the board of supervisors when a district
there's some sources that are urban leashed and don't generate tax precedes. and there's a cost of providing city services in that budget. and we try and track that over time. there's a general prim the harbors shouldn't subsidize or excuse me. the general fund shouldn't subsidize those services. the improvements to piers and seismic upgrades there in the capital fund also like along with historic properties listed on the national register. so as we are thinking about forming districts along...
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i want you to use the parcel taxes to be used for that purpose. it says that the taxes will prevent layoffs and to provide affordable qualify education for citizens. this is what i'm asking you to do and your resolution is going to help do that. now i committed might have to pay $632 for the next 8 years to maintain the quality of the education and i'm asking you to help us see that those funds are being used for what's intend. as a teacher for over 26 years i've never seen this. for faculties and students are being ignored. i feel fine we're not just the ones who are being ignored. now i want to continue to help my students. i'm tooech too non-credit classes this semester and students are being negatively impacted >> so, please wrap up. >> i'm asking you in our resolution i said that the city college of san francisco is crucial to the committee and social development of san francisco. i'm urging you to affirm that by moving the resolution forward >> i'm a native of san francisco. i got involved with this movement because it's been an undesk gover
i want you to use the parcel taxes to be used for that purpose. it says that the taxes will prevent layoffs and to provide affordable qualify education for citizens. this is what i'm asking you to do and your resolution is going to help do that. now i committed might have to pay $632 for the next 8 years to maintain the quality of the education and i'm asking you to help us see that those funds are being used for what's intend. as a teacher for over 26 years i've never seen this. for faculties...
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debating legislation to help states force online retailers to collect tens of billions of dollars in sales tax. a final senate vote could come by the end of the week. a campaign to raise funds to cover medical expenses for boston bombing victims and now double amputee jeff baumann has received an overwhelming response. nearly $620,000 has been raised in just six days. >>> finally, it's one thing to knowingly throw your money away in vegas, but get this. a recent audit found taxicab drivers overcharging tourists by taking them on the scenic route to and from the airport to the tune of $15 million last year. i may have been on one of those. >>> straight ahead, meet the members of the s.w.a.t. team that desended on the 19-year-old bombing suspect while he lay in that boat not knowing if he was armed or if the boat was boony trapped next. >>> the officers who arrested accused terrorist dzhokhar tsarnaev say the whole ordeal has not sunk in yet. the manhunt for tsarnaev culminated in a showdown in the backyard of a watertown home where he was hiding in a covered boat. with the help of powerful infr
debating legislation to help states force online retailers to collect tens of billions of dollars in sales tax. a final senate vote could come by the end of the week. a campaign to raise funds to cover medical expenses for boston bombing victims and now double amputee jeff baumann has received an overwhelming response. nearly $620,000 has been raised in just six days. >>> finally, it's one thing to knowingly throw your money away in vegas, but get this. a recent audit found taxicab...
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involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organi
involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then...
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. >> the replace cuts with other cuts and tax increases on the wealthy. >> this fight is playing out in court as well. the nation's airline association is suing the f.a.a. to halt these furloughs claiming that the administration has the authority to cut elsewhere. bret? >> bret: rich edson at washington's international airport. rich, thanks. wall street is trying to recover from its worst week of the year. the dow gained 20. the s&p 500 was up 7. the nasdaq finished up 27.50. >> we're not so sure about obama phone, however. whether he likes it or not, and even though he didn't create it, chief news correspondent the president is linked to another popular give away program. >> what started out as an effort ronald reagan help people in poor areas have a phone in rural areas has mush roomed in what rit particulars suspect is a new welfare program. >> the cost has gone from $143 million a few years ago to $2.2 billion today. a 15 times increase. >> the cost of the program left after cell phones were added in 2008. only low income people on welfare legally qualify but lawmakers say the pr
. >> the replace cuts with other cuts and tax increases on the wealthy. >> this fight is playing out in court as well. the nation's airline association is suing the f.a.a. to halt these furloughs claiming that the administration has the authority to cut elsewhere. bret? >> bret: rich edson at washington's international airport. rich, thanks. wall street is trying to recover from its worst week of the year. the dow gained 20. the s&p 500 was up 7. the nasdaq finished up...
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cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com >>> president said it best this morning when he outlined the approach to the bombing, which so far seems to be the approach most people are taking. >> we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice. we also know this. the american people refuse to be terrorized. because what the world saw yesterday and the aftermath of the explosions were stories of heroism and kindness and generosity and love. >> that phrase, refuse to be terrorized, caught me because last night, i read this. when we refuse to be terrorized, the terrorists fail even if their attacks succeed. attacks like yesterday's are extremely rare here in america and your odds of dying in one are far lower than dying from just about anything else, still, when something like this happens, people absolutely understandably get jumpy
cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com >>> president said it best this morning when he outlined the approach to the bombing, which so far seems to be the approach most people are taking. >> we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will...
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and 811 - 12 the committee should inform the expenditures of taxpayers' money generated by parcel tax. in the past the committee has requested that data be shared and the impact the revenues are having on the community. and we're asked to give honest information about our activities. we're going to have a report from one of our colleagues and offer recommendations. we've heard a lot of pregnancy and as a result we'd to touch on 3 reports oneor technology. there's are a great many things happening in this district and we'll not been able to get into those reports in detail but we hope you'll ask for those. also the progr managers in the audience if you have any concerns please ask for details. >> i'm a partner with bev and we as auditors we have audited the tax fund for the second year now. we actually issue two reports one is an actual financial report of revenues and expenditures in there we issue an opinion on that balance shoot and the related other statement alter that form the parcel tax fund. there again, i don't want to spend a lot of time begin on there but their roughly $34 m
and 811 - 12 the committee should inform the expenditures of taxpayers' money generated by parcel tax. in the past the committee has requested that data be shared and the impact the revenues are having on the community. and we're asked to give honest information about our activities. we're going to have a report from one of our colleagues and offer recommendations. we've heard a lot of pregnancy and as a result we'd to touch on 3 reports oneor technology. there's are a great many things...
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why drivers in california who go green are on track to receive tax incentives. ,, [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] 's no secret that the price of things ju keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call now for a new low price. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] plus now get two times the internet speed than before. [ male announcer ] you get reliable high-speed internet on our advanced digital network. choose from several high-speed options. [ female announcer ] and with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once on your total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ male announcer ] so call now. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. now get the same great price for two years. [ female announcer ] switch today and get a $150 promotion card, plus a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] it's a tri
why drivers in california who go green are on track to receive tax incentives. ,, [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] 's no secret that the price of things ju keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call now for a new low price. u-verse triple play bundles start at $79 a month. get the same great price for...
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we do allow tax returns, projections. credit unions do not charge an additional loan or processing fee. processing time, on a small loan, -- consumer loans probably a few days. because we require a business plan, sometimes it takes longer. business plans take a while. especially bank statements. we need to see consistent income coming in. so far, a credit union delinquent rate is quite low because we are working with a client. we want to keep that low and as part of our mission. there is no application fee. if you are interested in an application or information, i have brochures, or you can give us a call. >> thank you. next is marked with wells fargo. >> hello, i work for wells fargo bank. i cover the northern california region. i usually focus on about $350 -- $350,000 of sbe loans. last year, for 2010, i did 43 loans. so we are lending. i usually focus on six different types of loans. start-ups, business acquisitions, real estate purchases with ti's, working capital, a partner buyouts, business expansion. when i am loo
we do allow tax returns, projections. credit unions do not charge an additional loan or processing fee. processing time, on a small loan, -- consumer loans probably a few days. because we require a business plan, sometimes it takes longer. business plans take a while. especially bank statements. we need to see consistent income coming in. so far, a credit union delinquent rate is quite low because we are working with a client. we want to keep that low and as part of our mission. there is no...
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a proposed sales tax would demand online retailers with sales of more than a million dollars to tax it shoppers. the move could generate between 12 to $23 billion a year. the national retail federation supports the bill. bay area-based ebay does not. its ceo emailed millions of users to ask them to fight the initiative. the senate began debating the bill yesterday. >>> passwords are supposed to be secret but it's flow secret a lot of people share passwords -- it's no secret a lot of people share passwords to watch programs. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts on whether people who do it should worry. >> reporter: steven miller wants hbo. >> i'm a big bill maher fan. >> reporter: he just doesn't want everything that comes with it. >> you have to pay for comcast or dish, and you have to buy the basic programs of which contain so many things i don't want to watch, it's ridiculous. >> reporter: so he's come up with a workaround to watch his favorite show. he uses hbo go with a borrowed password. >> someone was kind enough to loan me their password and their id. >> reporter: and he is
a proposed sales tax would demand online retailers with sales of more than a million dollars to tax it shoppers. the move could generate between 12 to $23 billion a year. the national retail federation supports the bill. bay area-based ebay does not. its ceo emailed millions of users to ask them to fight the initiative. the senate began debating the bill yesterday. >>> passwords are supposed to be secret but it's flow secret a lot of people share passwords -- it's no secret a lot of...
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new commercial high-rise officials building breaking ground this spring were we passed the business tax reform and bonds to renew our parks and open spaces. for the first time we've got to balanced budget. our budget resources are growing. this summer we welcomed the first north cup race. our beloved giant swept the world series. and our baseballs champions but i like to say we're the champions. and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow san franciscans i would smut to you our city a vital and strong. this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated highly for losing weight. in the case of san francisc
new commercial high-rise officials building breaking ground this spring were we passed the business tax reform and bonds to renew our parks and open spaces. for the first time we've got to balanced budget. our budget resources are growing. this summer we welcomed the first north cup race. our beloved giant swept the world series. and our baseballs champions but i like to say we're the champions. and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow...
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their my case lanes removed on the street there would be such outrage you would have to call in the tax squad. the thing about this the parking spaces are being defended by those people and its endsable. the fact is people only shop once a week in contrast to people they could be making a thousand dollars in a purpose and those parking spaces are always in demand and so to remove them is really very destructive. i feel the bicyclists feeling is today hope street tomorrow the world. it will not hamper bicycling at all also in respect to the accident bicyclists have been struck how many of them went against the red light. we have to statistics about that. and one thing about the bike lanes being so close to the curb you can be struck by a bicyclist it's face direct serve service. those are my comments i can understand it out rage of the folks but the bicyclists can be equally as anti raged >> (calling names). >> commissioners and audience at large thank you for let me eliciting me speak. i have two issues before me were one is that we talked about apps and app companies there's companies
their my case lanes removed on the street there would be such outrage you would have to call in the tax squad. the thing about this the parking spaces are being defended by those people and its endsable. the fact is people only shop once a week in contrast to people they could be making a thousand dollars in a purpose and those parking spaces are always in demand and so to remove them is really very destructive. i feel the bicyclists feeling is today hope street tomorrow the world. it will not...
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it used to be back in 1997 that total tax revenue raised property tax, income tax, and in the following year, it was reduced down to 37 trillion yen. we hope that we can add on another 5 trillion yen to the tax revenue, but it didn't. instead, we leave 4 trillion. [speaking japanese] [speaking japanese] [speaking japanese] >> translator: and last year when the moving party, dpj, mbp, and they were able to have an agreement to sign the agreement and there was a number of provisions included in that document, and to put it simply, what recommend was that we have to see a pickup in the economy, otherwise, in no way the consumption tax, and whether to do it or not would be eid to october, if we have engaged in the economy then, we can have the tax, but if it doesn't work out that well, then the timing of the asset tax referred to date so we have been serious in considering the implications about the tax, so if you ask me to say definitely taxation at this stage or not, we cannot say definitely. we have to allow time economies would be get back, and then judgment would be a good call, defini
it used to be back in 1997 that total tax revenue raised property tax, income tax, and in the following year, it was reduced down to 37 trillion yen. we hope that we can add on another 5 trillion yen to the tax revenue, but it didn't. instead, we leave 4 trillion. [speaking japanese] [speaking japanese] [speaking japanese] >> translator: and last year when the moving party, dpj, mbp, and they were able to have an agreement to sign the agreement and there was a number of provisions...
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establishing that all tax permits shall be used in the vehicles. and section to reduce the ma to $225,000 and change the surround radio price there is one requested amendment to the board resolution that relates to the use of any bringdown electric or hybrid vehicles. your suggested change is as i said on your resolution and the result you cause would read that all new tax permits whether or not transferred or leased shall be operated with an electric by 1 hundred boy diesel or other fuel changes as authorized any ms ta expectation is the passenger or fuel efficiency >> the way we'll do that is staff presentation hear from the public and then we'll go back and consider the amendment. i'd like to a welcome marilyn thank you from the city attorney's office. >> thank you, mr. chair and members of the board. so we at your direction have been working inform improve taxi service and have taken on a number of different tax roefrpdz but at the core of improving taxi services i mentioned is making sure that we have the right number of taxis on the street an
establishing that all tax permits shall be used in the vehicles. and section to reduce the ma to $225,000 and change the surround radio price there is one requested amendment to the board resolution that relates to the use of any bringdown electric or hybrid vehicles. your suggested change is as i said on your resolution and the result you cause would read that all new tax permits whether or not transferred or leased shall be operated with an electric by 1 hundred boy diesel or other fuel...
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we will actually looked beyond tax occurrence. that is one of the things we can do as a non-regulated lenders. we are able to look at cash- based businesses in some ways that would be difficult for a larger financial institutions. in terms of lending based on projections, we typically do not lie on -- rely on projections, but unless is a contract that has been awarded. we're really looking at what actually you already have in the household. in terms of credit, we want to see that your credit is currently in good standing, but a mix credit history is ok. that is another way we might differ from a more traditional lender. we want to see that currently, you have no unpaid tax liens, child support, or judgments. we have no automatic credits for cut off. we are more interested in the substance of a client and where they are today. if you have no credit within credit, we can work with that. a portly, and you will hear this from all small business leaders, and it is something to get in your head now, all of our loans are personally guara
we will actually looked beyond tax occurrence. that is one of the things we can do as a non-regulated lenders. we are able to look at cash- based businesses in some ways that would be difficult for a larger financial institutions. in terms of lending based on projections, we typically do not lie on -- rely on projections, but unless is a contract that has been awarded. we're really looking at what actually you already have in the household. in terms of credit, we want to see that your credit is...
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most people on ssi can't get into a tax credit building. they are definitionally excluded so i was suggesting that the city use some level of general funds and layer a subsidy just like for homeless folks and get some of the newer accessible units affordable to our folks. >> that would be wonderful. >> okay. jazzy. >> how many clients are you seeing per day or are they repeating clients that you have worked in the past? can you elaborate on that more? >> yeah i don't have statistics with that but i can tell you we handle over 2,000 cases a year for about 1500 folks. many of those folks are returning clients especially in housing, because those folks have on going challenges that don't necessarily get fixed readily. >> i have a few questions. could you talk a little bit your success rate in terms of stopping evictions? you talk about that and people coming in with eviction problems and how successful are you? and i know how hard it's to stop an eviction and ellis and do you have a good success rate? >> success is a challenging term to define
most people on ssi can't get into a tax credit building. they are definitionally excluded so i was suggesting that the city use some level of general funds and layer a subsidy just like for homeless folks and get some of the newer accessible units affordable to our folks. >> that would be wonderful. >> okay. jazzy. >> how many clients are you seeing per day or are they repeating clients that you have worked in the past? can you elaborate on that more? >> yeah i don't...
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and specify the tax increment may not be allocated to the cities general fund and to protect against sea level rise and finally, we consider the approval of this to be a policy decision. we'll be happy to respond to any questions and any questions? >> thank you very much for the recommendations. i think the changing the criteria 5 to look at the net fiscal general cities fund i'm wondering on behavior of the controllers office can comment not so much on all but in general what comments do you have about i f ds in the general fund if we move forward in the future? >> mr. chairman monique i'm from the controllers office. this is diverted for the benefits of the area and it really would depends on the developments of the property. we can do another analysis and this has been used in san francisco. in order to red blithe and improve the economical condition of that area but it does have the effect of moving money for this particular purpose over a long period of time >> and to address blithe and to raise up communities but for you f ds it might not be specific types of areas but it would
and specify the tax increment may not be allocated to the cities general fund and to protect against sea level rise and finally, we consider the approval of this to be a policy decision. we'll be happy to respond to any questions and any questions? >> thank you very much for the recommendations. i think the changing the criteria 5 to look at the net fiscal general cities fund i'm wondering on behavior of the controllers office can comment not so much on all but in general what comments do...
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maybe it is the fear that we all had with the government cutbacks and also the tax hike that we had - that's the increased payroll tax for social security that we saw - so that is biting into the economy. but clearly, almost all the data, not only here but around the world, has come out weaker, so that is real; and combine that with some disappointing earnings on balance, and i think that is cause for concern or pause for the market right now. - gold futures made a mighty move to the downside this week. what are you seeing in gold mining stocks? - wow, i tell you, it was a real blowout in gold. gold is one of those assets, but i look at gold back in '08 was, i think, a low $600, and it is now still, what, close to $1,400? so, a set-back was ok, it was just one of those classic commodity washouts. gold miners, on the other hand, they have lagged the price of gold for the past several years at least, and a lot of that has to do with their cost of production and some of the acquisitions they've made and some of the operating cost or lack of management of such. so it's a little different.
maybe it is the fear that we all had with the government cutbacks and also the tax hike that we had - that's the increased payroll tax for social security that we saw - so that is biting into the economy. but clearly, almost all the data, not only here but around the world, has come out weaker, so that is real; and combine that with some disappointing earnings on balance, and i think that is cause for concern or pause for the market right now. - gold futures made a mighty move to the downside...
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wouldn't have the access tax. i do support the budget analysts recommendations and i have a couple of other issues that i'll talk to supervisor kim's office. but this is important probation officer to move forward. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker please and excuse me, sir could i come up to the mike . anyone else that would like to commit? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues any comments? so we just have to vote on the resolution itself. supervisor kim >> thank you and i apologize for missing the beginning of the meeting. overall i'm very supportive of the guidelines that are coming before the board of supervisors. i do think that the infrastructures are greatly needed. and noting, of course, any projects that do have to get finally approved i'm very supportive of the budget analyst amendment and there's been some discussion about. i think it's important to get a sense of the bends but also the net impact to our general fund. we're setting aside a portion of the general fund for those i
wouldn't have the access tax. i do support the budget analysts recommendations and i have a couple of other issues that i'll talk to supervisor kim's office. but this is important probation officer to move forward. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker please and excuse me, sir could i come up to the mike . anyone else that would like to commit? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues any comments? so we just have to vote on the resolution itself. supervisor kim >>...
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30 years the issuance of one or more than series city and county of san francisco, california 2013 tax and revenue anticipation notes in an aggregate principle note not to exceed one hundred million dollars authorizing the delivery of a april official statement official statement and official notice of sale approving the continuing disclosure certificate and other demonstrates related through to and other documents mr. there with. i have no public speakers signed up for this. you want to tell them >> we have flashbacks from a movie. >> seeing no comments from the board can i have a role call. >> (calling roll). >> thank you very much. thank you for coming i'm sorry we didn't have any questions for you but we're glad over here. we're going to move on to other issues there's none tonight. and we have a resolution number 1 thai 9 was already moved and seconded on april 9th. conspires as departed so will you give us a report from the grounds committee >> yes and a can i have reading of the recommendation? >> i'd like to call steve. >> he's above my pie grade. >> somehow, i heard that was a
30 years the issuance of one or more than series city and county of san francisco, california 2013 tax and revenue anticipation notes in an aggregate principle note not to exceed one hundred million dollars authorizing the delivery of a april official statement official statement and official notice of sale approving the continuing disclosure certificate and other demonstrates related through to and other documents mr. there with. i have no public speakers signed up for this. you want to tell...
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they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after t
they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we...
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you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit, and there are a number of people who belong to disability organizations that actually, that is what their livelihood is, bringing these lawsuits. the gentleman over here, who was also a lawyer knows of at least one case involving two lawsuits. they started all neighborhoods. the target places like san francisco because this is an old city with old buildings, virtually none of which comply. we only have new construction that would be billed to 1988 compliance standards, usually. whatever kind of business you have, the build
you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit,...
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of the city and county for the cost of those elections so the school is charged if there's a partial tax and those are based on the actual costs of the inclusion of the items in the ballot and the voting cards address so forth. for fiscal 11, 12 they charged $284,000 this was for the candidate. this was charging for the discounted rate and that number it one through 7. and the public i tilts commission also charges the community college 2 hundred and 407 thousand for the lease of the southeast community facility and however the city pays rent to the excellently for that the college pace 2 hundred and 7 thousand and the puc subsidies the power so the total cost to the excellently in the departments proximate $2.26 million in this past fiscal year on the second page. there's some detail on the elections in prior years it ranges between $20,300,000 depending upon the items on the voter pamphlet and the last item identifies money that the human agencies gives to the college and that amounts to about $2.8 million. so again, it's charges for services they're not in kind their actual services t
of the city and county for the cost of those elections so the school is charged if there's a partial tax and those are based on the actual costs of the inclusion of the items in the ballot and the voting cards address so forth. for fiscal 11, 12 they charged $284,000 this was for the candidate. this was charging for the discounted rate and that number it one through 7. and the public i tilts commission also charges the community college 2 hundred and 407 thousand for the lease of the southeast...
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and the difference compared to redevelopment is property taxes are divided into a number of recipients the state gets a property tax dollar and the remaining $0.10 is divided up between the school district and community college district. and under an infrastructure financing district typically the only increment that can be captured is the $0.65. you can't capture the money it goes to schools or to the community college district. so it's property taxes can be used to a finance infrastructure through bonds or on a pay as you go basis. the ports are structured a little bit differently. redevelopment focused on providing affordable housing. by state law 20 percent of the increment must be spent on parks, bay assess and the remove of bay fill. as you know there's significant historic contamination along the port property. so in 2005 is when we first went up to try to develop the tool and it was really based on the work that the director and cf o director did in the first 10 year capital plan. the plan says the structural financial plan is not in its operating budget it's instead the bag lo
and the difference compared to redevelopment is property taxes are divided into a number of recipients the state gets a property tax dollar and the remaining $0.10 is divided up between the school district and community college district. and under an infrastructure financing district typically the only increment that can be captured is the $0.65. you can't capture the money it goes to schools or to the community college district. so it's property taxes can be used to a finance infrastructure...
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that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and tight communications with our business community and supporting them when they do create jobs with good idea for them and exciting the employ jesus having reasons for wanting to be in the bay area and best foods and investment in the arts is really helpful because the creative mind want that support from the art commune and we are doing that literally on such a market to attract employees. >> oakland had a good -- on a few year ago on tech companies pandora and -- in terms of headline making companies that seeps to have gone cold recently is that unfair impression or is there something that needs t
that if they are here, we have to think through with them as we did with our change in our payroll tax eliminating that to a gross receipts tax but doing it in a way that every industry of our city, is entitiled diswietd to come in and tell us how do they make mundo they make sure in this transition we do it by not hurting any of the industries healthcare, commercial real estate and financial and we solve a lot of problems through that collaboration and so i think by having good pollcies and...
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they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the ferry building. >> there are a lot of visitors here. definitely a lot of locals, too, who feel strongly about the connection to the marketplace. >> you were mentioning that this is pierre -- pier 14. >> first, it was a brick water for the downtown ferry terminal, constructed in 2001. after that, we added public access on top of it and connected it to the land side. now is eight 637-foot-long public access pier to enjoy the day, watched the very activity. there is a little bit of art on top of it. there are swivel chairs on a it and there are little sea >> can you t about proposition a th
they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the...
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is two% it's a little weaker than that in the opt year because you get a slower start because of the tax that weighs on consumer spending in the first couple of quarters inflation is more or less in line with the fed's target rate of roughly two% and i i think we do a farrell decedent job with our forecast and you can tabling me into talking about upside or down side risk here with you there is one line federal funds target rate and i feel confidant about our forecast for that line because the federal reserve is told that is where they are going to keep the short term interest rates between now and 2014 and if you are looking at the ten year rate and wondering when can i expect to put money in a cd or short-term savings account and expect a normal rate of return, unfortunately probably not at anytime in our 44 cast period and if you look at the treasury it closed at one 99 and two% for the last couple of most and is for the next two years it doesn't get above 2.6% and so what we are really saying there is if you look at united states treasuries right now the two biggest buyer of threshys
is two% it's a little weaker than that in the opt year because you get a slower start because of the tax that weighs on consumer spending in the first couple of quarters inflation is more or less in line with the fed's target rate of roughly two% and i i think we do a farrell decedent job with our forecast and you can tabling me into talking about upside or down side risk here with you there is one line federal funds target rate and i feel confidant about our forecast for that line because the...
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could have the overhead i want to show you may have seen that but this is the last issue of the united tax news letter with the picture of the mayor on the cover. i think he needs to be called out on this. because the mayor of this city as turned his back on - the city's own taxi industry and this regulatory agency by endorsing the operations of companies that are operating in the city unlawfully, unregulated, unlicensed. and for the mayor to do that i mean it seems disgrace full to me. those companies are providing uncontrolled competition. their numbers are growing day by day and the direction that is solution is taking of putting out more taxis to meet more of their vehicles to take back taxi share from us. i don't think that's going to work. there's a very influential article that goes back a few decades called the tragedy of the common sense where, you know, the farmers use a common area to grace their cattle and, you know, farmers this farmer puts another cow an and another farmer puts a cow on it and pretty soon that's their individual benefit to do it but the cows are staffing. we
could have the overhead i want to show you may have seen that but this is the last issue of the united tax news letter with the picture of the mayor on the cover. i think he needs to be called out on this. because the mayor of this city as turned his back on - the city's own taxi industry and this regulatory agency by endorsing the operations of companies that are operating in the city unlawfully, unregulated, unlicensed. and for the mayor to do that i mean it seems disgrace full to me. those...
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providing housing for low or middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes that we need to have here for a functioning economy, so i am looking for ways to try to fund that, particularly for essential employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. projects coming up in the city like the renovation of dolores park, which is a once in 50 years opportunity to define what the park is and what changes we want to make to it. that will be a very significant projects. [inaudible] when was the last time it rained? there are puddles. we elect our supervisors by district, and it is very important to pay attention to the district, to be engaged in projects in the district, but we also represent the whole city. any supervisor that just focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i'd make sure i am working both on the citywide issues and on district issues. >> i just want to make a public statement to acknowledge that appointments to the police commission and any commission which is a policy-making body is ver
providing housing for low or middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes that we need to have here for a functioning economy, so i am looking for ways to try to fund that, particularly for essential employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. projects coming up in the city like the renovation of dolores park, which is a once in 50 years opportunity to define what the park is and what changes we want to make to it. that will be a very significant...
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the resolution that you are considering would authorize our office to apply to the state for tax exempt mortgage revenue bonds in an amount not-to-exceed $25 million. and so the owner is proposing to undertake a substantial rehabilitation of the project and would refinance the project using revenue and also, low income housing tax credits. the schedule is to start construction to follow this year and to be complete within a year. and tenants will be relocated temporarily outside of the building but there will be no permanent displacement of anybody because of the relocation or because of the financing over all. you have seen a number of these finances before, we do about eight in a year of these. and they are a con due ent financing so they do not require the city to pledge the remraiment of the bonds, the only recourse for the payment is the project revenues themselves. should we receive authority to apply, we will need to return to the board, most likely at the end of the summer. for permission to actually issue the bonds. >> we have a representative here from the presbyterian homes i
the resolution that you are considering would authorize our office to apply to the state for tax exempt mortgage revenue bonds in an amount not-to-exceed $25 million. and so the owner is proposing to undertake a substantial rehabilitation of the project and would refinance the project using revenue and also, low income housing tax credits. the schedule is to start construction to follow this year and to be complete within a year. and tenants will be relocated temporarily outside of the building...
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the same thing with general fund and gas tax, the bulk of that is mostly cola payments and cop debt service subsidy. that will take you to the next slide that actually shows what that debt service is. the budget increase is due to the revenue growth. in the year 13-14 our proposed general fund subsidy is higher than the 12-13 by -- that is 1% less than the baseline of the budget cut. so, in short, we met our target cut that we were at in the budget process. next slide shows how we use our budget. by the various parts of dpw, the -- about 37% of our budget is in capital projects and the next largest is street environmental services which is about 17%. and then we have a few other bureaus, building repair bureau, urban forestry, street mapping and street and sewer repair, those are between 8 and 12%. and then, of course, you can see our administration is 12%. administration does cover many of the department functions, both bookkeeping, finance, computer staff and the running of the day to day agency. and [speaker not understood] requirements, we talked about tree maintenance. tree maintenance
the same thing with general fund and gas tax, the bulk of that is mostly cola payments and cop debt service subsidy. that will take you to the next slide that actually shows what that debt service is. the budget increase is due to the revenue growth. in the year 13-14 our proposed general fund subsidy is higher than the 12-13 by -- that is 1% less than the baseline of the budget cut. so, in short, we met our target cut that we were at in the budget process. next slide shows how we use our...
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so an ongoing tax revenues and the port seeking to do the appropriate upgrade to a be able to host the events. i think the port expanded the cycle of their activities. and that was evaluated through the improved use of the ports facilities. at that point there have been a number of agreements about how certain things were going to be paid for during the events and preparations for the events and then on the capital side for narrow improvements that weren't going to be paid for by the ports. those are around pier 29 facility. so together and this is going to be used fulfill looking it now we've seen approximately $3.3 million of costs that the general costs were going to pay from lost rents from lost tenants and other consulting costs. of that amount $300,000 has been paid to the port and has been compensated. so what's the next step? after the america's cup events in 2012 we learned what with your not only what with your doing with the fundraising but to bring people to san francisco. on the fundraising front the mayor lee in particular and his staff really sort of working with us and
so an ongoing tax revenues and the port seeking to do the appropriate upgrade to a be able to host the events. i think the port expanded the cycle of their activities. and that was evaluated through the improved use of the ports facilities. at that point there have been a number of agreements about how certain things were going to be paid for during the events and preparations for the events and then on the capital side for narrow improvements that weren't going to be paid for by the ports....